quicktime and a tiff (LZW) decompressor are needed to see ..

External Since: Oct 25, 2004 Posts: 6

This error is causing a lot of problems.

This first showed up in our PDFs on the MAC. The problem is that these pdfs
and the .doc files they were made from were done on a PC.

I have seen this on the net and most of the time this is a problem in PPT
and word or pdfs are not mentioned.

On my Mac using word I have copied the picture, pasted it in a new Word doc
and emailed it to my PC and found that I get the same message.

This is causing us a problem since we are sending these documents for
support for our grants and we are getting messages back from the Grant
committees that they can't see our supporting documentation and are getting
the message:

quicktime and a tiff (LZW) decompressor are needed to see this picture

where the picture should be.

Anyone know how to solve this problem?

Thanks,

Tom

External Since: May 21, 2004 Posts: 1379

In article <eOK68#0FIHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, tshad
<tfs.DeleteThis@dslextreme.com> wrote:

> This error is causing a lot of problems.
>
> This first showed up in our PDFs on the MAC. The problem is that these pdfs
> and the .doc files they were made from were done on a PC.
>
> I have seen this on the net and most of the time this is a problem in PPT
> and word or pdfs are not mentioned.
>
> On my Mac using word I have copied the picture, pasted it in a new Word doc
> and emailed it to my PC and found that I get the same message.
>
> This is causing us a problem since we are sending these documents for
> support for our grants and we are getting messages back from the Grant
> committees that they can't see our supporting documentation and are getting
> the message:
>
> quicktime and a tiff (LZW) decompressor are needed to see this picture
>
> where the picture should be.
>
> Anyone know how to solve this problem?

Yep. Use uncompressed tiff or plain unadorned jpg if you can live with
the murky default gamma on the PC. It is not for nothing they call it
the "Dark Side"
Word's graphics cross platform are utterly hopeless.

I'm amazed that Preview.app does not display the PC generated tiff
properly. You are pretty much guaranteed that Word (2004 and v.X) will
mishandle and PDF image. It will turn it into a mushy raster quick as
look at you.

Grab yourself a copy of GraphicConverter from Lemkesoft.de to rid your
imported images of the slime they came in with.

PS I blame the grant committee. Any technically competent organisation
would expect you to submit applications in PDF rather than some
slippery proprietary format that will silently pervert your layout
depending on your mutual font repertoire and your mutual printer buying
decisions.

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